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Many passages are so full of riches that it is helpful to just focus on a few verses. These four verses have foundational truth that is very much needed to set many Preterists back on the straight and narrow. Here we have, once again, essential saving doctrine. Not to believe these is to be...

I had forgotten I had written the above. But I am still happy with Linux, although I have changed to MX Linux. And still using Gimp roughly every other day, mostly prepping and uploading photos to Flickr or to my travelblog. My main browser is Brave. I don't know why so many just hang on to...

There is a vast difference between Soviets - especially, Stalin-era Soviets - and Russians. Most Russians I met there would cringe at your conflation of the two.

"Fortunate Son" might very well be my favorite CCR song. Idealism is great. As a Christian I intend to hold onto mine. The problem comes when the idealism is, like I wrote, combines with cluelessness. Most Americans and Europeans are uninformed on the Ukraine War. Rather, I should write...

In light of this discussion I thought this article I wrote on our unplanned, extended tour of Ukraine might be of interest. This is the first of eight articles, including all of the major areas of the country as it was at that time. Our time there was extended because we were not able to fly out...

More people in the eastern areas of Ukraine speak Russian than Ukrainian, 87% (in the south it is 82%). I found plenty of proof in those areas. I was easily understood when I spoke to them, although my Russian is not great. Even in Kiev, I actually heard more Russian than I expected. In fact I...

Yes, it is. Hopefully engrained in me.

https://asterisktomato.wordpress.com/2025/01/04/for-this-i-pray-and-every-day/

Everything God willed and decreed He did in the “beginning“. Not that He had one. He is not like us, who decide absolutely nothing at our beginning, who need a lifetime of growing and knowing to choose and do the good. His wisdom, power, goodness, love were already all perfected ...

So, you take their assessment as gospel. I am glad that Trump is looking into reevaluate our commitment to the UN. They are not the conclave of disinterested wisdom that many seem to think they are. OAN has a good article on them. They abuse us, all the while sucking us dry financially. And for...

I am just surprised by how many folks here, some of whom write quite well on other subjects, just glibly demonize Russia. Your second paragraph is quite on target. Russia doesn't want outright enemies armed right next to them. It's similar to the Russian missiles in Cuba in the 60s, which were a...

Invasion? Still getting your information from one side, I see. The Russians are protecting the oblasts that had voted for secession. And this was only after several years of attack from the Kiev regime. Of course, you don't know any of this because it doesn't show up on your "news" sites.

Martin Marprelate wrote: 'Quos deus vult perdere, prius dementat.' I like that quote. It could be directed to either side, however. I was surprised to see it here in Latin. I know that it is not an ancient saying, going only as far back as Longfellow, I think. Maybe a little earlier. The...

Aah, no thanks, brother. I lived in NYC for a couple years. That was enough. And I am not saying that my living in Ukraine for those eight months made me an expert, but I did encounter a number of people who were more favorably disposed toward the Russians than to the Kiev government...

Ukraine broke their agreement to cease hostilities in 2014. That is when all sides signed the Minsk Agreement. Angela Merkel later admitted what the game plan was all along - “an attempt to give Ukraine time” so they could build up their military. And when they were ready they started rolling...

I'm not surprised that you are linking to BBC. Your one-sided comments on this rather complex situation give the impression that your main go-to information source is BBC. That is just as bad as Americans hanging on every word from CNN or MSNBC. You really should look at a wider spectrum of...

Thanks, brother. Yes, a lot more could be written on this wonderful subject. Wonderful for Christians, tragic for those who didn't recognize their Messiah. I have several other Isaiah articles that, for some reason, never left my notes. So, Lord-willing, I have a project to keep me busy, along...

It is always needful to keep in mind to whom these passages are written. Some commentators place too much emphasis on Isaiah’s time, others make much of the application to the post-exilic era. Granted, these verses were certainly a great help for those who returned to Israel to rebuild. Others...

We are used to thinking of these words of Christ as metaphor, but it could be argued that the real metaphors are the physical grapevines, created by God, along with other metaphors in nature to point to the higher plane of spiritual reality. In other words, Christ truly is our Vine. We get our...

We visited Belize first in May, June 2009 and a second time May and June of 2010. The pictures of this post are from these two trips but the incidents here happened on that second trip. Shakedown & Shakeup: Belize Trip